ELECTRICIAN SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA — Federal Data, September 2026
Electrician Schools in Minnesota, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
10 accredited institutions in Minnesota report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 10 ranked programs in Minnesota, the median graduate needs 3.2 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $12,000, against median earnings of $47,588 one year after completion.
That is faster than the national median of 3.3 months for this field, measured across the 139 institutions in our national electrician schools ranking. The best performer in the state is St Cloud Technical and Community College in Saint Cloud, at 2.0 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Minnesota institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about electrician schools in Minnesota
The Ranking
10 electrician schools in Minnesota, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Cloud Technical and Community CollegeSaint Cloud, MN | Public | Certificate | 2.0 | $8,250 | $48,478 | 45% |
| 2 | Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, MN | Public | Certificate | 2.1 | $11,000 | $63,839 | 58% |
| 3 | Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeFergus Falls, MN | Public | Certificate | 2.1 | $8,939 | $50,776 | 47% |
| 4 | Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeGranite Falls, MN | Public | Certificate | 2.4 | $10,177 | $51,507 | 52% |
| 5 | Riverland Community CollegeAustin, MN | Public | Certificate | 3.0 | $12,000 | $47,288 | 52% |
| 6 | Northland Community and Technical CollegeThief River Falls, MN | Public | Certificate | 3.4 | $12,000 | $41,802 | 56% |
| 7 | Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, MN | Public | Certificate | 3.5 | $12,850 | $43,686 | 66% |
| 8 | Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, MN | Public | Certificate | 3.6 | $12,000 | $39,770 | 40% |
| 9 | Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, MN | Public | Certificate | 3.7 | $12,000 | $39,258 | 42% |
| 10 | Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN | nonprofit | Associate | 3.8 | $14,966 | $47,888 | 66% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Minnesota, one by one
St Cloud Technical and Community College
Saint Cloud, MN
St Cloud Technical and Community College is a public institution in Saint Cloud. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,250 and report median earnings of $48,478 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.0 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 1.2 months faster than the Minnesota state median of 3.2. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 45% completion rate.
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount, MN
Dakota County Technical College is a public institution in Rosemount. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $11,000 and report median earnings of $63,839 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.1 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 1.1 months faster than the Minnesota state median of 3.2. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 58% completion rate.
Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Fergus Falls, MN
Minnesota State Community and Technical College is a public institution in Fergus Falls. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,939 and report median earnings of $50,776 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.1 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and 1.1 months faster than the Minnesota state median of 3.2. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 47% completion rate.
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Granite Falls, MN
Minnesota West Community and Technical College is a public institution in Granite Falls. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $10,177 and report median earnings of $51,507 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 2.4 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and 0.8 months faster than the Minnesota state median of 3.2. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 52% completion rate.
Riverland Community College
Austin, MN
Riverland Community College is a public institution in Austin. Its electrician graduates leave with a median federal debt of $12,000 and report median earnings of $47,288 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.0 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and right on the Minnesota state median of 3.2. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 52% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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